River levels stagnate, threat of mudslides, rockfalls

BELGRADE - Water levels in most flood affected areas in Serbia are stagnating or declining, except in the South Morava river basin, south Serbia, while other parts of the country are under threat from rockfalls and mudslides following the floods.

The South Morava River between the cities of Nis and Aleksinac is returning to its banks, said Goran Nikolic of the Emergency Situations Sector.

Water levels in the Toplica District and Aleksinac are gradually declining, and emergency relief measures are being organized for the flood affected areas and homes, the municipal president said.

The people of Prokuplje are supplied with drinking water from the reservoirs, head of municipality Ljubisa Djurkovic told Tanjug.

The municipal council of Kursumlija decided on Tuesday to allocate RSD 100,000 from the budget reserves to each of the ten families under greatest threat, head of Kursumlija municipality Radoljub Vidic told Tanjug, adding that the people use drinking water from the reservoirs.

The water supply system in the Zitoradja municipality is restored to normal and the disinfection of the flooded homes will be carried out during the day, municipal president Goran Stojkovic told Tanjug.

In the territory of Kraljevo municipality, central Serbia, more than 1,000 hectares of arable land are under water, the surging rivers undermined roads and bridges, and a number of households are threatened with possible mudslides.

Three local roads near Kraljevo have been cut off by the floods, blocking the access to the city for around 1,000 households.

The scale of the damage caused by the floods is yet to be determined, as the torrent flooded the wheat and corn farms, greenhouses, orchards and...